Twist
Twist is as confused as those that sat through and dared to ask what was going on
The Kid Detective
While it is fun at times, The Kid Detective muses more on the idea of star power and why so few child actors manage to hit it big
Six Minutes to Midnight
Six Minutes to Midnight joins in for the conga line of mediocrity
Anders Thomas Jensen: “I’ve never done anything like this”
Anders Thomas Jensen talks streaming, COVID, working with Mads Mikkelsen and his latest film Riders of Justice
Willy's Wonderland
Willy’s Wonderland is your everyday modern slasher
Moxie
When will the coming-of-age film come of age?
Tom & Jerry
New creatives do not show the respect this nostalgia project deserves
Flora & Ulysses
Flora & Ulysses is roughly twenty years too late to capture the freewheeling lifestyle of Stuart Little
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah doesn’t have that spark of ingenuity or motivation
IFFR 2021 - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Emotionally charged, Quo Vadis, Aida? holds the horrors of humanitarian crises, infused with a gut-wrenching message on looking out for the most vulnerable
IFFR 2021 - Feast
Feast has no idea what it wants to be
IFFR 2021 - Les Sorcières de l’Orient (Witches of the Orient)
Witches of the Orient is as much about volleyball players as it is about a director attempting to break his craft into the mainstream
IFFR 2021 - Dead and Beautiful
Dead and Beautiful is an innocuous, slippery slope that begins with vaguely bored tones and crashes headfirst into unpalatable nonsense
IFFR 2021 - Archipelago (Archipel)
Archipelago is frustrating, rather than exciting
IFFR 2021 - El perro que no calla (The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet)
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet is flawed but, at times, is touching enough to break through the expected tropes it chooses to toy with
IFFR 2021 - Landscapes of Resistance
Landscapes of Resistance would be better suited to a hardback, which it is already
IFFR 2021 - King Car
Careful consideration for the technical merits and the casting are not enough to stop King Car swerving off the road
IFFR 2021 - Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive has a lack of substance to it
IFFR 2021 - The North Wind
Dramas can only be as engaging and interesting as the leading characters, and here they’re as bored and creaky as the derelict, busy house they operate from
IFFR 2021 - Suzanna Andler
Lukewarm and disconnected from its audience, Suzanna Andler struggles to convey any flourish of artistic enlightenment